Connecticut Plants
Pokeweed (Poke)
Phytolacca americana
Pokeweed has dark purple berries; their juice was once used as a dye. The plant's stems are often a distinctive pink.
- Family: pokeweed (Phytolaccaceae)
- Habitat: moist thickets, clearings, roadsides
- Height: 4-10 feet
- Flower size: 1/4 inch across
- Flower color: white
- Flowering time: July to September
- Origin: native
